Without Being Naive, Jarwo Tells The Making Of Rama And Shinta Songs

Jarwo (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Jarwo continues to be productive even though the band Naif no longer exists. Himself, the owner of the name Fajar Endra Taruna Mangkudisastro released the song Rama and Shinta which is the second single from the solo album Anti Rebahan.

Jarwo said the single was about two people who promised to live together forever. Both of them always pray and try together. "In the end, it is related to the atmosphere of marriage. If the contract already exists, now this is the reception, hahaha," said Jarwo, quoted from ANTARA, Thursday, November 25.

The man holding the position of guitarist Naif then told that the process of making Rama and Shinta's music video, which carried the theme of marriage, faced challenges due to the strict Community Activity Restriction (PPKM) policy.

"The intention is, we want to come to whose wedding, then we will make content there. But again PPKM can't, who wants to get married doesn't exist either," he said.

This made Jarwo have to rack his brain. Finally, he decided to include the wedding video of his fans in the "Rama and Shinta" music video.

"We made an announcement, 'Come on, those who want to enliven the video clip, collect the wedding video to Mr. Jarwo'. In the end, many people sent it," he said.

Within a week, Jarwo received 50 wedding videos from fans. The wedding video alone is not enough for Jarwo. Therefore, in Rama and Shinta's music video, he appears and plays the role of the penghulu.

"It turns out that if the song is filled with wedding videos, it's boring, so the shoot will be the head of the ceremony, hahaha," he said.

"Anti Rebahan" is Jarwo's second solo album which is specially dedicated to Naif fans after "1st Journey" which was released in 2009. Different from his first solo project which only presented instrumental guitar, this time Mr. Jarwo also acts as a vocalist.

In completing the album "Anti Rebahan", Mr. Jarwo admitted that it only took him less than two months. "It doesn't take up to two months. So, sometimes a day there are two more lyrics that are made up. Arrangements, recordings, not too complicated, smooth," said Jarwo.

Jarwo also said that the whole process of working on the album "Anti Rebahan" was done alone, starting from the lyrics, arrangement, to mixing. While the mastering process is done by Stephan Santoso (Slingshot Studios). There are eight songs contained in the album Anti Rebahan, namely Relationship of the Soul, Free, Dia Where He Is, Nada Rain, Morning Light, Rama and Shinta, and Dancer Pagi.